bancocracia

Portuguese

Etymology

From banco +‎ -cracia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ko.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ko.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.ko.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ̃.kɔ.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧co‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

bancocracia f (plural bancocracias)

1. bankocracy (preponderance of bankers in state affairs)

Related terms

adjectives

• bancocrata
• bancocrático

 

nouns

• bancocrata m or f by sense

 

Further reading

• “bancocracia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bancocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024